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The Colorado game plans

With just over two months to go before the election, each presidential candidate’s game plan for winning Colorado is clear, writes the Denver Post.

For Mitt Romney, the strategy is to rally the base, highlight his energy agenda and talk about jobs and the economy rather than social issues.

For the president, the paper writes:

Obama's playbook in Colorado is fairly transparent so far: Target young voters, Latinos and women. Then paint Romney as an intimidating social conservative who will focus on abortion and birth control above anything else.

Call it the Sen. Michael Bennet Strategy, after the battle plan that two years ago guided the state's now junior senator through his successful contest with Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck.

The Democratic plan is a familiar one that worked in 2008 and 2010. The GOP road map, on the other hand, is a little trickier since an approach that downplays social issues is somewhat at odds with the notion of rallying the base in places like Colorado Springs.